Head of a Man (Self-Portrait) (Männerkopf [Selbstbildnis])

1920

Max Kaus

Artist, German, 1891 - 1977

Wilhelm Eduard Drugulin

Printer, German, 1825 - 1879

Kurt Wolff

Publisher, German, 1887 - 1963

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    block: 28.5 x 20 cm (11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 33.3 x 23.7 cm (13 1/8 x 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.57.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Krause 2016, no. H 1920/2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William Weston Gallery, London); Mrs. Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 24, 1986; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • German Expressionist Prints from the Collection of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, NGA, 1985, no. 56.

Bibliography

2016

  • Krause, Markus. Max Kaus: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik. Munich: Hirmer, 2016, no. H 1920/2.

Inscriptions

lower right in block: MK (in monogram); text printed on verso: Max Kaus/Kopf. Originalholzschnitt. 1920; verso, stamp in black ink: RCK

Wikidata ID

Q76348441

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